Death Squad

In the beginning the Horde swept over the land alone. Smashing all aside with sheer numbers and ferocity, the unprecedented waves of the Asylumists almost annihilated the forces of the Coalition. It wasn’t until the Coalition final stand at their Capital, Magmanon, that the tides finally turned. With the introduction of the Council’s Tin Men, the Horde’s numbers were countered with advanced A.I and sustainable, throwaway infantry. Victory followed victory until the army of the Coalition managed to push the waves back to the ill fated Gragon Line. Suddenly the army found itself assaulted by a new breed of Asylumist that used advanced tactics and weaponry. Attacking from the shadows of the silent battlements of the Line, these new Death Squads wrought havoc with the Tin Men whom up until now had only needed to deal with the Horde’s frontal assaults. The Death Squads worked together to co-ordinate attacks and guerrilla tactics to slip in and out of sight, attacking swiftly and disappearing into the ruins. Combined with the incoming waves of Horde, Tin Men were dispatched from afar leaving the Horde to clash headlong into the more vulnerable units of the Coalition army. If it hadn’t been for the aid of another army, the hunting packs of the Dark Blade’s Underan Tribe, the Coalition may have fallen back into disarray. Unknown to the Coalition at the time, back in the Asylum cities, great factories now began to churn out horrific weaponry and vehicles suited for this new kind of Asylumist. Within the massive factories preparing to outfit those who would become Death Squad Asylumists an even more intimidating prospect loomed. The Blood Engine were arming their kin for War. The Death Squads are made up from selected Asylumists, captured and dragged back to the Blood Engine factories, augmented and equipped for battle. They are the personal army of the Blood Engine and as such have access to the weapons and equipment that they provide. As is the nature of the Asylumists, infighting provides the Squads with battlefield practice as convoys sweep the corpse laden streets, putting down attacking Horde and staving off attacks from other, independent Asylumists like the Scarecrow or Bogeyman.